Tru Impact™
The strategic partnership behind your institution’s best decisions.
A multi-year partnership that turns connected planning, governance, and technology into lasting institutional advantage — long after implementation ends. Built for higher education and the public sector.
“This partnership with Tru has really been meaningful in helping us grow beyond just go-live, to something that’s more sustainable for our campus.”
Mandy
Cole
AVC of Finance
University of
Colorado Boulder
Trusted by leading institutions nationwide
250+
Successful Projects
100+
Enthusiastic Clients
50+
Certified Experts
500+
Years of Experience
Why a Partnership — Not Another Project
Implementation delivers a solution. Partnership delivers outcomes.
The most complex challenges in higher education and the public sector are rarely solved by software alone. They take clarity, alignment, experience, and a partner who stays invested in the outcome.
Implementation is not the end
Many institutions still need governance, optimization, and support long after go-live.
Priorities keep evolving
Institutional needs change over time, and support models need to keep pace.
Internal teams need continuity
Teams often need a stronger long-term partner, not just a project team.
Governance needs structure
Decision-making, ownership, and enablement require sustained attention.
The Cost of the Status Quo
Too many institutions work harder than they should to make their most important decisions.
Tru Impact closes the gap between where planning is today and where leadership needs it to be.
Where Many Institutions Are Today
- Critical knowledge lives with a few individuals
- Processes are fragmented across departments
- Definitions and reporting lack consistency
- Data is disconnected from decision-making
- Planning cycles are slow and resource-intensive
- Teams are torn between today and tomorrow
Where Tru Impact™ Takes You
- Institutional knowledge is documented and owned
- Finance, workforce, and capital planning are connected
- One source of truth, with audit-ready reporting
- Decisions are backed by real-time, trusted data
- Planning cycles are faster and far less manual
- A clear, scenario-tested long-range strategy
What the Partnership Delivers
One partnership for everything modern planning requires.
Unlike engagements that end at go-live, Tru Impact brings strategy, execution, technology, and capability-building into a single, outcome-focused partnership — a connected planning layer alongside your ERP, HR, and reporting systems.
Strategic Advisory & Executive Guidance
Seasoned advisors help leadership navigate complexity, weigh tradeoffs, benchmark against peers, and decide with confidence.
Connected Planning & Enterprise Transformation
Align strategy, finance, workforce, capital, and technology into one connected operating model — alongside your ERP and Workday investments.
Institutional Capability Building
Governance, training, documented processes, and a sustainable Center of Excellence that builds lasting internal ownership.
Continuous
Innovation
Ongoing enhancements, AI and planning workshops, peer roundtables, and the best practices shaping the field.
Community & Executive Access
The Tru Fellows Program, executive roundtables, and a community of leaders solving the same high-stakes challenges.
Partnership Tiers
Partnership that scales with your ambition.
Three levels of partnership, each adding greater depth across governance, enablement, optimization, and long-term value realization. Start where you are — grow as your needs evolve.
FOUNDATIONAL
Tru Impact™ Essential
Core structure, enablement, and practical support to get the foundation right.
- CoE charter, operating model & roadmap
- Governance framework & decision rights
- Role-based training & quick references
- Adoption strategy & L1–L3 support model
Most Popular
EXPANDED
Tru Impact™ Advanced
Core structure, enablement, and practical support to get the foundation right.
- Everything in Essential, plus:
- Maturity assessment & phased roadmap
- Release & lifecycle governance, hypercare
- Dashboards, reviews & certification paths
LEGACY-BUILDING
Tru Impact™ Legacy
Core structure, enablement, and practical support to get the foundation right.
- Everything in Advanced, plus:
- Business-case modeling & value scorecards
- Executive governance board & risk mgmt
- Predictive monitoring & managed services
Capability Area
Essential
Advanced
Legacy
CoE Strategy
Governance
Training & Enablement
User Adoption
Performance Monitoring
Support & Maintenance
Optimization & Efficiency
Scalability
Strategic Advisory
Each tier is cumulative — deeper dots indicate greater depth of support. Need something more tailored?
We can shape a partnership around your institution’s goals.
In Their Words
Partners institutions trust when the stakes are highest.
“3% doesn’t sound like a lot, but it is. Now a president sitting across from you can see — oh, that’s the financial impact when we make that tiny change.”
Melissa Dyson
CPA Associate VP of Finance & Controller
Illinois College
“They know what they’re talking about. I can trust them … they bring aspects of this work that we’re not familiar with, and experience from other universities to the table.”
Jason Hendricks
Director of Budget Management
University of Colorado Boulder
Why Tru Impact
What sets this partnership apart.
Outcomes, Not
Models
Every roadmap is tied to measurable results — adoption, forecasting accuracy, cycle-time, and decision quality.
Fixed Investment, Reduced Risk
A structured multi-year partnership. No surprise overruns. No endless change orders.
Build → Operate → Transfer
We build your team’s skills, governance, and operating model — not consultant dependency.
Long-Term
Partnership
We stay engaged long enough to ensure adoption, sustainability, and measurable impact.
Take the Next Step
Ready to build your institution's legacy of success?
Start with a Modern Financial Planning Assessment. In 30 minutes we’ll map your challenges, explore future scenarios, and identify the right partnership tier for where you want to go.
- Identify your highest-value planning challenges
- See how connected planning fits alongside your ERP & EPM
- Get a clear, no-pressure recommendation
Schedule your assessment
A Tru advisor will follow up within one business day.